Hla typing a b or c at HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL

449 WEST 23RD STREET, PANAMA CITY, FL · HCA Florida Healthcare · · NPI 1699721589

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$52.57 with Humana vs $90.48 with Simply Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana TRICARE $52.57
CorVel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $54.57
Prime Health WC $55.72
TriWest Healthcare Alliance FED $56.84
Careworks (Rockport Community) WORKERSCOMP $57.44
Wellmed MGMCR $58.00
Veterans Evaluation Services MCR $58.00
NDMS Definitive Care MGMCR $58.00
Humana MGMCRHMO $58.00
Humana MGMCRPPO $58.00
United VACCN $58.00
United AllPayerAppendix $58.00
Hospice Big Bend FED $58.00
BCBS MCRPPO $59.16
United MCR $59.16
BCBS MCRHMO $59.16
Aetna MCR $59.45
Sunshine State MCR $60.90
WellCare MCR $60.90
American Health Plan MCR $61.48
Healthspring of Florida MGMGR $62.06
Florida Complete Care MCR $62.06
Align Senior Care MGMCR $62.06
Gold Kidney of Florida MCR $63.22
Clear Spring Health MCR $63.80
Centurion GVT $63.80
Ultimate Health Plan MCR $66.70
Longevity Health Plan MCR $69.60
Oscar HIX $78.30
Simply Healthcare HIX $90.48
Aetna PPO not published by hospital
Aetna HMO not published by hospital
Aetna QHP not published by hospital

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Hla typing a b or c at other Florida hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City not published $58.00 – $217.92
Adventhealth Daytona Beach Daytona Beach $218.10 $55.10 – $96.80
Adventhealth Palm Coast Parkway Palm Coast $154.79 $55.10 – $123.88
Adventhealth Tampa Tampa $895.23 $58.00 – $128.76
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE $1,176.00 $46.40 – $84.10
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte $387.32 $58.00 – $105.91
cleveland clinic florida weston hospital Weston $309.40 $25.75 – $89.44
martin north hospital Stuart $309.40 $30.18 – $85.46

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